Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Inauspicious beginning for Nicole Mitchell (UPDATE: Mitchell *will* take the stand)

After multiple delays, the burglary trial for Minnesota State Sen. Nicole Mitchell (DFL-Woodbury) began this week.


Here is an excerpt of Becker County Attorney Brian McDonald's damning opening statement: 


 



On day two. jurors were able to view law enforcement's bodycam footage from that fateful early morning. 





If you listen to Mitchell's own words upon her arrest and while she was being detained, it contradicts the initial public statement she made after being released on bail. 





In that statement, Mitchell spins a yarn as if she's merely checking on a sickly relative (in this case, her stepmother Carol) and that her showing up in the wee hours of the morning startled her stepmom. Just a simple misunderstanding, right? Well, I gotta tell ya that I too would be "startled" if someone attempted to enter my home through a basement window with the use of a crowbar while dressed in all black. Add to that Mitchell saying she arrived at the home to retrieve some of her late father's belongings. So if she denies being there to steal something, was she planning on waking up Carol upon gathering what she sought? 

I'm gonna go out on a short sturdy limb and suggest that Mitchell's attorneys are strongly encouraging her to not take the stand in her own defense (UPDATE: Mitchell will indeed take the stand on Thursday). 

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